“I still didn’t think I would make it this long, 6 1/2 years. I mean that’s way beyond what I ever thought," Cordova said.

The quilt warms Cordova’s body as well as his heart.

“There are people out there that care so much for patients that they will go ahead and do such a labor of love," he said.

And that’s what that is for Seneca, for he battled leukemia 30 years ago and against all odds, one “day at a time, treatment at a time. Because you never know, I am a prove an example of that. I shouldn’t be here," he said.